Formerly the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) from 1921-1991, and the Democratic Republic of Georgia from 1918-1921. In the Caucasus Mountains bounded on the north by Russia, on the east by Azerbaijan, the south by Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey, on the west by the Black Sea. See the CIA World Factbook at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gg.html